Your Curated Chicago Weekend, 4/7-4/10
We’ve got a decently heavy music lineup for you this weekend. Which is awesome, because spring is maybe, finally, potentially here, and the proper reaction is going crazy (but not […]
Zach graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2015 and, seeking to put off law school, began writing about music and pop culture. Now he's hooked on concert reviews and the Chicago music scene and thinks he could be doing this for a while. Follow his random thoughts on Twitter @zachblumy
Bottom Lounge Goes Nuts For CHON
I’ve never been quite sure how to characterize CHON‘s music. Is it instrumental metal with jazz and classical tendencies? Is it lounge music played on electric guitars, backed by ferocious […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend, 3/24-3/27
Before we get to this weekend’s awesome events, a note on some changes I’ll be making to the Curated Chicago Weekend feature. As you may or may not have read, […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/17-3/20
This goddamn partisan turmoil just won’t stop, will it? Unless you have set yourself firmly against all forms of consuming the news, you heard that President Obama nominated Merrick Garland […]
The Hideout Gave Eight Chicago Bands A Great SXSW Sendoff…And They Thanked Us Handsomely
As I walked into The Hideout around a quarter to seven last night, I almost immediately ran into Crown Larks frontman Jack Bouboushian, one of the nicest guys you’ll meet […]
Your Curated Chicago Weekend, 3/10-3/13
Happy St. Patrick’s Day weekend, everybody! I’m saying this despite the irony that next week’s Curated Chicago Weekend post will fall on the actual St. Patrick’s Day. By then, though, the river […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 3/3-3/6
My thoughts for the entirety of yesterday consisted of this short video, for which I’ve decided to hold the first Third Coast Review caption contest: Unless you’ve buried your head so […]
Your Curated Chicago Weekend: 2/25-28
We start off this week’s edition of Your Chicago Curated Weekend with a concert that’s not happening. Ke$ha was scheduled to play at Loyola University on Friday. But yesterday, she canceled […]
Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials Made Me Forget About The Bleakness Of Reality
The blues are an inherently paradoxical art form when they make a public appearance—misery with the travails of life transmuted into joyful music. Last night at Rosa’s Lounge, Lil’ Ed […]
Sister Act Gets The Marriott Theatre Dancing
It’s always interesting to see productions in the round at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. Set design must be creative and lightweight, and the actors’ movements on the square stage […]
Your Curated Chicago Weekend 2/18-2/21
Damn, that three-day weekend already seems like a lifetime ago. I guess time flies when you spend an entire day marathoning a TV show and an entire other day listening […]
Diet Cig: A Blazing Ball Of Energy at Subterranean
They say the best cure for cold is moving around. If that’s the case, the Diet Cig show last night at Subterranean was probably the healthiest thing that’s happened in […]